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taylorboosh

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26th Dec 11 at 12:07

right i had and argument whilst very drunk with someone at a house party...

they who apparently had a degree in maths and who are really clever think that if you add drinks together you will add the % together too.

for example..

one shot of vodka (40%)
+
one shot of whisky (40%)
+
one shot of taboo (15%)
=
a drink that is now 95%

i told her it doesnt work like that and it works more like..

40+40+15 = 95

95/3 = 31.6

(because there were 3 shots so im using a shot as a unit of measure)

so the percentage of the drink would be then 31.6.. as i am under the impression its a percentage of the volume?

who is right? or is niether right?

mattk

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26th Dec 11 at 12:10

percentage goes off volume, a pint of Carling in a pub is 4.5%, a pint of whiskey and coke using a standard 25ml measure is 5% ish, the whiskey is 40% but because so much coke has been added it has weakened it

JonnyJ

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26th Dec 11 at 12:11

I dont know if your way is right (i suspect it is, seems logical) but her way certainly isnt

Ask her so if i take

one shot of vodka (40%)
+
one shot of whisky (40%)
+
one shot of taboo (15%)
=
a drink that is now 95%

That and now add a 10% drink, is the content of the drink now 105% alcohol?

taylorboosh

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26th Dec 11 at 12:13

thats what i thought. her way seemed fucking retarded..

she went on to add that her mum is a maths teacher....

i said so fuck, my dads a plasterer but it doesnt mean i can plaster

Nic Barnes

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26th Dec 11 at 12:17

Seems over calculated IMHO

Nick-S

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26th Dec 11 at 12:26

Its always percentage by volume. Shes wrong.

Ian

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26th Dec 11 at 12:32

You are correct.

Dividing by 3 only works if the three shots are equal in volume but yes, you can't add another drink at get pissed at 105%

Marc

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26th Dec 11 at 12:35

quote:
Originally posted by john-d
i said so fuck, my dads a plasterer but it doesnt mean i can plaster

PMSL.

Please show the dumb bitch this thread

taylorboosh

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26th Dec 11 at 12:43

I will be later lol

LeeM

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26th Dec 11 at 12:46

its 31.6%
95ml of alcohol per 300ml of total liquid (using 100ml of each for ease of maths for idiots)

but from a pub a shot of vodka and whisky would be 25ml each and taboo would be 50ml due to the weights and measures act. so if you ordered a standard shot of each youd have a 100ml drink at 27.5%

LeeM

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26th Dec 11 at 12:52

actually dont even bother explaining things to idiots like that, just confuse them.
a litre bottle of vodka is 37.5% and theres 40 shots in it, so by their logic if you poured the bottle into 40 equal shots each one would be less than 1% alcohol

Dave

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26th Dec 11 at 13:10

How many of these 95% drinks had she had?

Ian

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26th Dec 11 at 13:12

Hope its not more than one, 190% would be a lot in two drinks

mattant

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26th Dec 11 at 14:32

It's an average so you're right, two shots of alcohol at 50% is still 50%, it's units that you add up

[Edited on 26-12-2011 by mattant]

Gary

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26th Dec 11 at 15:17

I get 31%

Women

Mike

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26th Dec 11 at 15:28

That's the reason so many students still can't get a job when they graduate. They have a certificate but not necessarily the knowledge that it supposidly represents.

SportBoy

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26th Dec 11 at 16:42

my lass once asked me what percentage the wine in her glass was now it wasnt in the bottle

Ricky352

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26th Dec 11 at 19:24

Fuck some idiots about! I'd have been raging with her lol.

On another note shots in Engalnd are 25ml, but in Northern Ireland they are 35ml

Russ

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26th Dec 11 at 19:27

You're just as thick if you didn't say, what if you have a double.

Hammer

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26th Dec 11 at 19:28

I'd go with when the chemical mixture has taken place you would have to work out the alcohol content of the resultant liquid on its own merit.

Marc

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26th Dec 11 at 19:41

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
That's the reason so many students still can't get a job when they graduate. They have a certificate but not necessarily the knowledge that it supposidly represents.

I know so many people with degrees etc but no life skills/common sense.

RichR

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26th Dec 11 at 20:08

quote:
Originally posted by Ricky352
Fuck some idiots about! I'd have been raging with her lol.

On another note shots in Engalnd are 25ml, but in Northern Ireland they are 35ml

35ml in England under the weights and measures act and ha been for about 10 years when it was increased from 25ml to bring the number of units in line with a 175ml glass of wine or pint of average beer. 50ml is for spirits below 15% abc iirc

LeeM

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26th Dec 11 at 20:15

50ml is below 21% I think

RichR

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26th Dec 11 at 20:22

Couldn't remember if it was 20 and under or 15

Ricky352

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26th Dec 11 at 20:37

quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE

quote:
Originally posted by Ricky352
Fuck some idiots about! I'd have been raging with her lol.

On another note shots in Engalnd are 25ml, but in Northern Ireland they are 35ml

35ml in England under the weights and measures act and ha been for about 10 years when it was increased from 25ml to bring the number of units in line with a 175ml glass of wine or pint of average beer. 50ml is for spirits below 15% abc iirc

I could have sworn they were 25ml when I was at Billing this year. I must be mistaken.

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